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Professor Oren A. Scherman

Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry / Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis

What we do

Our research interests include the synthesis of functional nanosystems, controlled polymer architectures and dynamic supramolecular assemblies through molecular recognition processes.

The underlying theme of our research lies at the interface between synthetic organic efforts on small molecules and macroscopic properties at the materials level, developing a macro-organic approach to chemistry. Dynamic supramolecular self-assembly of materials will be an area of great importance in the coming years, allowing for innovations in nanotechnology and at the biological and chemical interfaces.

We are particularly interested in exploring topics such as water-soluble and stimuli-responsive materials, template and imprinting technologies of functional polymers for use in chiral separations and enantioselective catalysis, and controlling material morphologies and architectures both in solution and in the solid state through rational design and a multi-step, hierarchical self-assembly process.

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Publications

Synthesis of poly(vinylamine) copolymers by the ROMP of temporarily strained cyclic olefins.
JP Jordan, OA Scherman, RH Grubbs
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2003)
225,
U563
(link to publication)
Thin-film transistors and capacitors with a ROMP polymer as the dielectric layer.
OA Scherman, IM Rutenberg, ZN Bao, RH Grubbs
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2003)
225,
U406
(link to publication)
Synthesis of polymer dielectric layers via ROMP for use in organic circuit devices.
IM Rutenberg, OA Scherman, ZN Bao, RH Grubbs
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2003)
225,
U623
(link to publication)
Synthesis of Well-Defined Poly((vinyl alcohol)2-alt-methylene) via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
OA Scherman, HM Kim, RH Grubbs
– Macromolecules
(2002)
35,
5366
(doi: 10.1021/ma011901a)
Polycyclooctatetraene (polyacetylene) produced with a ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst
OA Scherman, RH Grubbs
– Synthetic Metals
(2001)
124,
431
(doi: 10.1016/S0379-6779(01)00392-7)
Formation of covalently attached polymer overlayers on Si(111) surfaces using ring-opening metathesis polymerization methods
A Juang, OA Scherman, RH Grubbs, NS Lewis
– Langmuir
(2001)
17,
1321
(doi: 10.1021/la0012945)
Highly efficient syntheses of acetoxy- and hydroxy-terminated telechelic poly(butadiene)s using ruthenium catalysts containing N-heterocyclic ligands
CW Bielawski, OA Scherman, RH Grubbs
– Polymer
(2001)
42,
4939
(doi: 10.1016/s0032-3861(00)00504-8)
Simultaneous block copolymerization via macromolecular engineering - One-step, one-pot initiation of living free radical and cationic polymerization
DY Sogah, RD Puts, OA Scherman, MW Weimer
– TAILORED POLYMERS & APPLICATIONS
(2000)
123
(link to publication)
Multifunctional Initiators Containing Orthogonal Sites. One-Pot, One-Step Block Copolymerization by Simultaneous Free Radical and Either Cationic Ring-Opening or Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization
MW Weimer, OA Scherman, DY Sogah
– Macromolecules
(1998)
31,
8425
(doi: 10.1021/ma980949u)
Polymeric raspberry-like particles via template-assisted polymerisation
Y Lan, J Liu, E Eiser, O Scherman
– Polymer Chemistry
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01223 331797
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Email address

oas23@cam.ac.uk

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